Printing machine



C. H. NEWTON.

PRINTING MACHINE. APPLlAT'loN FILED. SEPTA, 1920.

Patented Mar. 7, 1922.

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C. H. NEWTON.

PRINTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPTA, 1920.

1,409,01 5. I mma Maf. 7,1922.

c. H. NEWTON.

PRINTING MAcHlNE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPTA, 1920.

1 ,409,01 5. lPatented Mar. 7, 1922- 4 SHEETS-s HEET 3 /C/GZ Eure 1f, Eo1 I c.` H. NEWTON.

PRINTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT-4| |920.E

1,409,015. Patented Mar. 7, 1922.

4 SHEETS-SHEET 4 Z Il iranien STATES CHARLES HENRY NEWTON, OF LONDON,ENGLAND.

PRINTING MACHINE.

1,409,0ii i Specification et' Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 7, 1922.

Applcationvled September 4, 1920. Serial No. 408,144.

To ZZ @from it 'may concern:

Be it knoivn that l, Guantes Hnnnr Nn'w'roN, a citizen ot the UnitedKingdom of Great Britain and ireland, and resident oi' 24 PenistoneRoad, Streatham, London, S. lV., 16, England, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Printing lvlachines, ot which the followingis a specification, such as Will enable others skilled in the art towhich it appertains to make and use the same. l

This invention relates -to machines Yfor simultaneously printing amountsin iigures and Words on checks, dividend Warrants, receipts and the likeot theI kind comprising tivo series ot' cylindrical type-holders oneseri-es being employedi'or printing words and the other for printing thecorrespond ing numerals, the typeholders being mounted on parallel`shafts and being simultaneously brought into position tor printing.

lin such machines the cylindrical type holders have been mounted onsleeves each or which was provided with a toothed Wheel in engagementWith a rack whereby on the movement ot' the rack the cylindricaltypeholders for printing the ivords and the numerals `iveresimultaneously brought into position for printing so that the cheque orthe like could be impressed With the Words and also With the numerals.

rlhe present invention has for its object to improve the construction otsuch machines whereby they can be easily operated and will he veryefficient in operation.

To this end in accordance with the present invention the machinecomprises a key-h board and two series ot' cylindrical typeliolders onefor the Words and the other i'or the corresponding numerals, thetype-hold being simultaneouslyV operated by a toothed sector inengagement with atooth'ed gate adapted to be operated by a lever 'on thedepression of a key.

The keysoi'i'the key-board are arranged in columns and veach column hasa toothed sector and gate for actuating the type-holders'. Y y i Eachgate is provided With a stop which is normally in engagement with a.pivoted lever and each key on being 'depressed actuatesa movable rodWhichtnrns the said lever on its pivot and permits the gate beingoperated until the stop thereon comes into contact with the movable rod.

A particular feature oi the machine is that means as hereinafterdescribed are provided tor reverse Working when it is required to printfrom ten to nineteen in. as :tor example, the printing of seventeenshillings and eleven pence.

The cheques, dividend Warrants or the. like to be printed are placed ona pivoted platen which is adapted to lock the typeholders in positionduring` the printing operation.

The keys on heilig depressed are held in the depressed position by aylocking bar which also prevents more than one key in a column being'depressed the bar being operated to releasey the keys when the platen isbeing moved aivay from the machine.

`The invention will now be described with reference to the accompanyingdrawing wherein* Figs. l and 11 constitute a plan view ot the machinewith the top removed.

Figs. 2 and 2 illustrate one of the columns of the machine and also showhow the typeholders or registering wheels are rotated.

Figs. 3 and 3 illustrate a convenient way ot operating the platen.

Fig. 4 shows a side elevation ot the gate tor the hundreds and thousandscolumns of the pounds and Fig. 5 shows a sectional plan ot the mechanismfor coupling together' the type-holders for the tens and units otpounds.

0n the drawings c is the case of the machine vvithin which keys b aremounted the keys being arranged in columns corresponding to thousands,hundreds, tens, units ot pounds shillings and pence.

Each column tor the pounds, and the units columns tor the shillings andpence has ten keys, with the exception ot the thousand column ot thepounds which has only nine, and these keys are numbered from (l to V9.an additional key having ."& thereon, as clearly indicated in Fig. 2being pret'- erably arranged in the tens column of the pounds.

In the tens columns of the shillings and pence only onekey 24 isprovided.

The type-holders are located at one end olf' the machine and comprise anumber of ivheels one set being marked with Words and the other withcorresponding figures around their circumference. One of the typeholders`is mounted on the spindle 7c and the other on a spindle d. Thetype-holder von the spindle 7i consists of a number of I wheels e, f, g,7L', i and j which are connected to separate concentrically arrangedsleeves e2, f2, g2, if. Zand jg Vwhich can turn freely on the spindle7c. The wheel e has marked around its circumference the words forthousands,rthe wheel the words for the hundreds, the wheel g the wordsfor the tens, and also a portion of the words from ten to nineteen, andthe wheel 7L the words yfor the units and the remaining portion of thewords from ten to nineteen. The wheelz' has the words for the shillingsfrom one to nineteem whilst the wheel j has the words for the pence fromone to eleven. (')n the spindle (Z are mounted a corresponding number ofwheels with sleeves, one of these wheels being indicated at c in Fig. 2.rlhe wheels on the spindle al however are marked with. figurescorresponding to the words on the wheels mounted on the spindle 7u.

The spindles'd and are suitably mounted,

parallel one to the other, in the frame a of the machine.

If desired the wheels with the words marked around their circumferencemaybe mounted on the spindle d and the wheels with the correspondingfigures or numeralson the Vspindle L.

The wheels e, f and g are attached to` sleeves e2, f2, and g2,respectively, adapted to rotate one within the other, and toV thesesleevesv are respectively secured toothed wheels e. f and g in gear withpinion e, and y. These pinions are driven by operating wheels 6 7" andg" mounted on the spindle c, carried by the machine frame a. rFhe wheel6 is 'attached to a sleeve Z, the wheel f" to a sleeve m and the wheelQ"to a sleeve n.

The wli'eels'on the spindle (Z corresponding to wheelsv e, f/ on spindle7a are similarly connected to toothed wheels, one of which c is shown inFig. 2 and these toothed wheels also gear with the wheels e, f, and g,so that the corresponding wheels for the words and figures on thel twospindles (Z and /c will Y be turned Vin synehronism.

' in words and figures in the manner herein?v y rThewvord wheels 71 andj are respectively attached to the sleeves h2, 2, and j connected totoothed wheels 7L', i and j gearing'with pinions 7L, z' l pinions aredriven by the `operating wheels L", 2", andv jV also mounted on theshaft la and attached to concentric sleeves o, p, andf/ respectively.vThe pinions It, i, and j also drive the corresponding-` wheels on thespindle (l in synehronism with the word wheels la, if and .7'.1 iVhentherefore the pinions e", f, g, 7L, and j are driven they will turn thewheels on the spindles l and 71: to the same extent and therefore thetypeholders will be set for printing a sum both after described.

and. j. These 0, p g being' secured 'to the sleeves o, p and Q,the'sectors beingrigidly secured to their respective sleeves vso thatyeach sleeve will be rotated with its sector. Y

The sector a', as shown in Fig. 1 is made wider than any of the othersectors for a. purpose Vas will be' described hereinafter.V

The sectorsjl, m in the hundreds and thousands columns of the pounds areoper! ated by gates 1' which are capa-ble of vertical movement in framesl12 mounted in the machine. yThe .gates are provided with racks 13gearing with thesectors Z', m and are actuated inthe manner hereinafterdescribed.

Thegates r2 (Fig. 2) for operating the sectors a, o', p,-g, are mountedin frames 27 vwhich can be moved horizontally in brackets 11 secured tothe base of the machine frame. The gates 712 larel provided with racks13, A141i of which the rack 13 is normally in engagementwithitscorresponding sec-V tor, for 'example n as shown in Fig. 2. Y In thisfigure the connection between the sector a and its corresponding.type-holders is shown diagrammatically in order to simplify thedescription ofthe operation.l Y Y 'A counterweight s is connected toeach gate by means offa lever t pivotally mounted in the frame at (Fig.A2) and connected to the gate by a pin and slot connection" 15. Thecounterweight s tends to lift the gate but is prevented from doing so bya stop u provided on the gates fr, 9'? and normally bearing against theVlowerend of a bar fu. This bar o is pivoted to the frames 12 and QTat 16and is normally vgeld in the position shown in Fig. 2 aV spring 17. y

The bar o is adapt-edto be disengaged from the stop u, so as to enablethe gat-e r to lbe raised by the action of the counter'weight s, by anyone of a set of rods zo when this is pushed towards theVv rod o on thedepression of its key. The rods w are arranged one above another in setsand are slidably mountA ed in frames 1S, mounted inthe frame a. The rodsw are drawn towards the front of the machine by springs 19.

For the purpose ofmoving the rods fw lengthwise of the machine,in'orderrto dislevels, that when one of them is opera-ted by' itslyreyit will determinel the height to which the gate vis raised and thusalso limit the Vturning movement. of the corresponding figure andwordwheels on the spindles d and As the marking on the type-holders isarranged relatively to the position of the rods fw it will thus be seenthat when one of the rods w is operated the type-holders will be turnedto bring into position ftor printing the words and figures correspondingto the key depressed.

A locking bar a' is provided tor preventing any of the remaining keys ina column from being depressed atter one of the keys in said column hasbeen depressed, the said locking bars being held in their normalposition by a spring y. Zhen a ke1 is depressed the bar :c is movedlengthwise against the action ot the spring y by a projection y on thekey. rl-he projection then passes beneath the bar a, and the spring ythereafter pulls the bar in the opposite direction thereby retaining thekey in the depressed position, while at the same time preventing any ofthe other keys from being depressed.

As will be seen in the drawing each key Z) is provided with a projection2O and their lower ends pass through slots in the bar ai. Then thereforea key has been fully depressed and the bar has been drawn back by itsspring g/ the barre will not have been drawn back sufficiently tar toenable the projection 20 of any of the other keys from passing throughits slot so that none of the other keys can be depressed. The keys Z)are normally held in the raised position Vby means of springs fw.

The paper to be printed on is placed on to a pivoted platen s which maybe operated in any suitable manner, but I prefer to use a bell-cranklever 1", one arm of which is adapted to contact with the platen andpress it against the type wheels on the spindles le and d, when theother arm loi? the lever r is operated, Figs. 3 and 3a. As the platen ismoved forward it contacts with two members g, p slidably mounted on themachine the said members being adapted to operate pivoted lockingdevices 0, n and cause them to engage the registering wheels and thusprevent any movement thereof during the printing operation.

The platen s is engaged in the printing position by a hook 21 on aclearance rod m connected with a resetting lever Z, which is in the formoi' a bell crank lever, pivoted in the frame a at 22. The returnmovement of the platen operates said lever Z as folL lows Then theplaten is being moved awav trom the type-holders the clearance rod m ispulled with it. This causes the resetting lever Z to turn on its pivot22 and engage a knob on the bar The knob zu projects into the path ofthe lever Z, so that the bar is moved against the spring'y, and thusreleases any key that may have been depressed.

The free end of the lever Z, when raised by the opening movement of theplaten also raises the lever t with the oounterweight s and thus lowersthel gates positively'.

On each gate r2 is a second stop o which in the normal position is inengagement with a pivoted locking bar u and holds it inoperative. ,Whena gate r2 is raised, as therein before described, its stop fu is movedout ot' contact with the bar u thereby permitting engagement of this barwith a fixed recess t2 thus preventing any horizontal movement otl thegate r2 whilst it is being raised.

Zhen the resetting lever r restores the gate r2 to normal lowered)position, as hereinbelore described, the pin o disengages the bar u fromrecess t2 thereby leaving the ma- L chine reset and ready forreoperation.

Ribbon spools k2 7c3 are provided from which a ribbon 23 passes over thetype-holders.

In order to set the type-holders for words and iigures above nine (9) itis necessary to turn the type-holders in a reverse direction to thathereinbefore described. For this purpose the rack 14: is brought intoengagement with its corresponding sector. In order to effect thismovement keys 211, which are of similar construction to and controlledin the same manner as the keys Z, are provided. Each key 24 operates arod 25, slidably mounted in the frames 18 in a similar manner to therods QU, and normally held inits inoperative position by a spring 19.These rods 25 are provided with projections A and when one of them ismoved lengthwise by the depression of its key 24 the projection A. isadapted to push a short lever B and rock it upon its pivot C. The lowerend of the lever B engages an arm D on the frame 27 of the gate r2 anddraws the gate sidewardly thus bringing the rack 14 on the opposite sideot the gate into engagement with the corresponding toothed sector sothat when the gate is lifted by its weighted lever the sector is rotatedin the reverse direction. When the gate 712 has been moved to the rightthe depression oit any key Z in the units column causes the bar o to bereleased from the stop u and allow the gate r2 to be raised by theaction of the Weight s. The rod fw, which has been actuated will thenproject into the path of the stop u and limit the vertical movement ofthe gate. In this manner the type-holders are caused to travel in thereverse direction thereby bringing figures and words for tens tonineteen corresponding to the key Z) depressed into position. Zhen thegate r2 commences its upward movement the bar u will be released by thepin o and will engage with the recess t.

similar arrangement is provided 'for setting the type-holders forfigures and words from nine to nineteen in the pounds column. butl as inthis case the gures and words are atlixe-d to two wheels (tens and ,llO

units)Y it is necessary to couple the dri ing mechanism toi.` these twosets ot wheels together.- For this purpose the gates fr: 'for the twosectors 7i', 0 are both mounted in the trame 2T ofdoubleV width so thatboth gates may be moved to the right simultaneousiy. raised separatelywhen required in the normal ,position of operation, it is necessary tolock the two gat-es together. For this reason the secte-r a is madewider than the other sectors and the gate r2 tor the sector o isprovided with. an additional rack s which; wlienthe traine Q7 hasbeenmoved over so as to engage the racks lll with the sectors, engages withthe sector n. so that the sectors fnl and 0 and thusl also their gateswill be locked together. T he lV key inthe tens column of the pounds,also indicated by the reference 24, operates the trame tor the two gatestor the sectors n o and in this case also disengages the bar '2.' tromthe stop n. ot the gate tor the sector a. As this gate .is now connecteddirectly to the gate. tor the sector 0 it cannot be raised by the actionVot its counterweight s as the gate for the sector a 'is still locked byits har 'ai and stop u. ln order that the, word and tigure wheels maynow be set to the required number between ten and nineteen the key inthe units column. corresponding to the unit in the number required,mustbe depressed. This key will then Ymove its corresponding rod 'zelengthwise oi? the machine and this will disengage the har 'u .for thegate ot' the sector o from the corresijionding stop u and project yintothel path ot the said stop a. The two gates forthe sectors n and o willnow be raised simultaneously bythe action ot' their weights .s and theupward movement will be limited by the'rod fw oit the unit keydepressed.

For example7 it it-is desired to produce seventeen pounds the l key (keyin the tens ot pounds column is depressed which'operates the gates inthe manner described and locks the driving mechanism 'for the tens andunits cylinders together.

vWhen the T key in the unit column is depressed the cylinders arerevolved in the reverse. direction owing to the shitting ol' the gatesby depression ot the l key in the tens column thus bringing seventeen infigures and words into position for printing. A

YThe arrangement for printing figures and words above nine in the caseot the shillings and pence columns operates in a similar nanner exceptthatthe iigures and words representing vten to nineteen in the case ot'shillings and ten and eleven in the case ot pence, are aliixed tolsingle cylinders instead ot two.

Any suitable ilorm ot type can be used As however, both gates can beVMoeniar on the registering wheels, but I preferito use the pin-pricktype. Y,

It will be understood that various constructional modifications may bemade inV the machine and I do not desire to restrict myseltl to thatshown and described but reserve the right to make any modificationtherein falling within the scope ot the following` claims.

yWhat l claim and desire to secure by LetH shatt, a plurality of toothedwheels attached one to each type-holder and rotatable therewith. aplurality ot pinions, one of each ot which is in mesh Vwith one wheel ofthe figure type-holder andvalso in mesh with the correspondingl wheelot' the word type- 'holder a plurality of toothed wheels gearing onewith each pinionv1 a pluralityot racks indriving engagement one witheach toothed wheel gearing with the pinions and atlanted to turn `eachot said last mentioned toothed wheels. weights connected to the saidracks.I means normally preventing the lifting et" the racks by theweights,y a plurality of depressible'keys, means operable hy said keysttor releasing the racks, thereby permitting the weights to litt theirrespective racks and .ea-use them to rotate the typeholders through themedium ot the toothed wheels and pinions, means for holding a' torni.tor example a check,V and of bringing the torni into contact' with the;type-holders, and means for returning the racks to their loweredpositions against the action ot the weights. Y A

Q. ln a nuichine 'for simultaneously printing amounts in ligures andwords on checks`l dividend warrants. receipts and the like the,comliiination with two series ot cylindrical type-holders one seriesbeing employed tor printing words and the other for printing numerals.the type-holders being mounted onparallel shafts and beingsimultaneously brought into position for printing o' a key board, aplurality of toot-lied sectors, mechanism between each ot'said toothedsectors and a type-holder `tor printing words and the Acorresponding`type-holder t'or printing figures, a. plurality ot rising and fallinggates, one ot said gates being provided t'or each sector, a .weightconnected to each ot said gates and' adapted to litt same, a pluralityof keys on said key board, and mechanism between each ot said keysandthe gates, each ot said keys when depressed ico being adapted torelease the gate and permit it to be actuated by the weight.

3. In a machine i'or simultaneously printing amounts in figures andwords on checks, dividend warrants, receipts and the like thecombination with two series of cylindrical type-holders one series beingemployed for printing words and the other for printing numerals, thetype-holders being mounted on parallel shafts and being simultaneouslybrought into position for printing of a key board, a plurality oftoothed sectors, mechanism between each of said toothed sectors and atype-holder for printing words and the corresponding type-holder forprinting figures, a pluralityT of rising and falling gates, one of saidgates being provided for each sector, a weight connected to each of saidgates and adapted to lift same, a plurality of keys on said key board,and mechanism between each of said keys andthe gates, each of said keyswhen depressed bcing adapted to release the gate and permit it to beactuated by the weight; and removable means for locking the type-holderswhen turned to any desired extent.

t. A machine for simultaneously printing figures and words comprising aframe work, two shafts mounted in said trame, parallel one to the other,a plurality of separately rotatable type-holders for printing wordsmounted on one of said shafts, a plurality ot separately rotatabletype-holders for ,printing figures mounted upon the second shatt, aplurality of toothed wheels attached one to each type-holder androtatable therewith, a plurality ot pinions, one of each ot which is inmesh with one wheel of the figure type-holder and also in mesh with thecorresponding wheel ot the word typevholder, a plurality of toothedwheels gearing one with each pinion, a plurality ot racks in drivingengagement one with each toothed lwheel gearing with the pinions, andadapted to turn each of said last mentioned toothed wheels, weightsconnected to the said racks, mea-ns normally preventing the lifting otthe racks by the weights, a plurality of depressible keys, meansoperable by said keys for releasing the racks, said means comprisinghorizontally displaceable rods at varying leve-ls, means `lor holding aform, for example a check, and ol.'l bringing the `lorm into contactwith the type-holders, and means tor returning the racks to theirlowered positions against the action of the weights.

5. A machine `tor simultaneously printing words and figuresk comprisinga frame, a plurality of depressible keys mounted on the frame,aplurality of movable rods, one adjacent to each key, said rods beingarranged in sets and each being 'adapted to be displaced by one of thekeys,- springs attached to said rods and holding themin theirinoperative positions, a weight-controlled gate adjacent to each set or'rods, teeth on each `gate`r a stop secured to each gate, a bar pivotallymounted adjacent each gate and normally in engagement with said stop,said bar being adapted to be disengaged from the stop by any one of therods ot each adjacent set ot' rods, a series oit toothed members oneadjacent to each gate and adapted to be actuated by the teeth of thegate, a plurality of type-holders adjacent to and corresponding innumber with the series ot toothed members, mechanism connecting thetypeholders to the sectors, means for holding a sheet of paper and ot'bringing it into contact with the type-holders, means for locking andunlocking the type-holders, and means for preventing the impropersequence of movement of the type-holders when the keys are operated. Y

6. In a machine for simultaneously printing amounts in figures and wordson checks, dividend warrants, receipts and the like oit the kindreferred to the combination with a key-board of'4 two series ofcylindrical type-holders one for the words and the other for thenumerals, a toothed sector and mechanism connected to the type-holdersthe type-holders being simultaneously operated by the toothed sector, atoothed gate in engagement with said toothed sector, and a rod operatingsaid gate on the depression ot a key.

7. A machine for simultaneously printing amountsv in figures and wordson checks,

dividend warrants, receipts and the like ot the kind referred tocomprising a key-board in which the keys are arranged in columns, twoseries of cylindrical type-holders, one

for the words and the other for the numerals, a plurality ot toothedsectors and gates arranged one for co-operation with the keys in eachcolumn, mechanism between the sectors and the type-holders tor operatingsaid type-holders simultaneously and a plurality ot rods one for eachkey, said rods being adapted to actuate the corresponding gate when akey in the column is depressed, each column having a toothed sector andgate :tor actuating the typeholders.

8. A machine for simultaneously printing amounts in figures and words onchecks` dividend warrants, receipts and the like ot the kind referred tocomprising a key-board in which the keys are arranged in columns, twoseries of cylindrical type-holders, one for the words and the other forthe numerals. a plurality of toothed sectors and gates arranged one forco-operation with the keys in each column, mechanism between the sectorsand the type-holders for operating said type-holders simultaneously anda.

plurality of rods one for cach key, said rods being adapted to actuatethe corresponding gate when a key in the column 1s depressed, eachcolumn having` a toothed sector and gate for actuating the typeholders;a stop on each of said gates, a pivoted bar normally in engagement withsaid stop, the said bar being adapted to be moved on its pivot andV'disengaged from the stop by one of the rods on the depression of akey.

9. A machine for simultaneously printing words and iigures comprising aplurality of depressible keys arranged in sets, a sliding rod for eachkey, said bars being also arranged in sets, a Vsliding rack oppositeeach set of rods, a weight lcontrolled lever for lifting the racks, astop on said rack, said stop preventing the lifting action of the saidlever, means whereby the sliding bars can, when moved by the keys,release the rack and allow the weighted lever to raise the rack or racksso released, two sets of opposite arranged teeth on the racks, a gearfor engagement with the said teeth, rollers carrying letters andfigures, toothed wheels on said rollers, said toothed wheels being inmesh with the said gear, so that the rollers will be drivensimultaneously and mechanism capable of shittingv the rack to bring oneset of teeth thereon out of engagement with the gear and to bring theother set of teeth into gear for the purpose of reverse rotation of thegear.

10. A machine for simultaneously printing figures and words comprising aplurality ot separately rotatable type-holders for printing words, and aplurality of separately rotatable type-holders for printing figures, apair of parallel shafts on which the type-holders are mounted,. atoothed wheel attached to and rotatable; with each type-holder, aplurality of pinions one of each of which is in mesh with one wheel ofYthe ligure type-holder and also in mesh with the wheel of thecorresponding word typeholder, a toothed wheel in mesh with each of thepinions, a rack capable ot to and tro Y motion and applied to andadapted to turn each wheel engaging one ol the pinions, weightsconnected to the racks and adapted to lift the said racks, stops on saidracks',

` pivoted bars against which the stops rest to prevent the lifting ofthe racks by the weights, depressible keys representing different wordsand figures, means between theV keys and the pivoted bars fordisengaging the bai-strom the stops and freeing the weights, therebypernnitting the weights to lift their respective racks and cause them torotate the type-holders through the toothed wheels, means for holdingarform, tor example a check, and of vbringing the form intov contactwith the type-holders,

means for returning the racks to their lowered positions' against theaction oi the weights, and means whereby the racks can be shifted torotate the toothed wheels in a reverse direction.

1l. A machine for simultaneously printing ligures and words comprisingdepressible keys, sliding rods actuated by the keys,

springs attached to the rods and holding Y them in their normalposition, a gate having on it two racks of teeth oppositely arranged, atoothed member between the said racks and adapted for engagement withone or the other of said racks, means for shifting the gate to bring, atwill, either of the racks into engagement 'with thetoothed member, meansfor locking the gate when moved from one position to another, rollersbearing letters end ligures, gear between the toothed member and therollers, means for holding Y the action of' springs for shifting themovable bars to free the gates, toothed members adapted tol engagetheteeth on the gates,

rollers carrying raised letters and figuresV gearing between the rollersand the toothed members, vmeans for shifting the gates to bring eitherset, ot' teeth into engagement with the toothed members, for reverserotation of the said members means for locking the gates when soshifted, means for supporting` a sheet of paper and for bringing it into`contact with the letters andV figures, and means for supplying ink tothe letters and igures f f V13. yA machine Vfor simultaneously printingwords and figures on checks, and other paper-forms, said machineconsisting of a frame, means for holding paper forms, rollers carryingletters and figures, means for inking the letters and figures, means forY bringing the paper 'forms into contact with the letters and figures,toothed gear for rotating the said rollers, some in one direction ofrotation onlyrand others in both direc-- tions of rotation, movablegates having teeth in permanent engagement with some of gear forVrotating the rollers and others having f two sets ,of teeth either ofwhich can, by shifting theates, be brought into Vengagement with theother of the Vgear and by whichthe saidngear can: be turned in oppositedirections, means for shifting the gates having two sets of teeth, meansfor locking the gates when so shifted, means for holding the gatesagainst rotation of the gear and key-operated devices for removing theholding means and means such as Weighted le- Vers for lifting the gateswhen freed from the holding means and therein)T causing the gates tovariably operate the gear according to the selected key-operated means.

ln Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twoWitnesses.

CHARLES HENRY NEWTON. lVitnesses HERBERT EDWIN GRANT, HENRY FRANCISHANBURY.

